We talk about how sport is good for your mental health, physical health, it’s a great way to make friends... but it’s also enormous fun, especially the rush of something like water skiing. 

Chris Beckett’s family is big on water skiing, and he founded the All Abilities Water Sports Club to make sure everybody in the family, and the community, has a chance to have a go.  They're even making their own accessible sitting water skis, the only Australian manufacturer to do so.

The club is based in Townsville, and recently did a trip through an area where there’s aren’t always a lot of options for people with disability: the vast inland expanse of north western Queensland. 

In Mt Isa they met Danielle, who also comes from a water skiing family.  Danielle has CP, which in the past often meant sitting on the bank while the rest of the family had fun on the water.  Now the All Abilities Water Sports Club means Danielle has opportunities to tear up the lake as well!

Useful links

Transcript for this episode: https://carersqld.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Choice-and-Control-4-3-All-Abilities-Water-Sports.docx 

All Abilities Watersports Inc: https://www.facebook.com/UCANSKI2AAWS/

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